ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
inscrutable; incomprehensible
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
please (give me); please (do for me)
to look happy; to look pleased; to make eyes (at someone); to ogle
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
passage; path; route; one's way
leather shoes; leather boots
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
is something that; is that which
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular